Relax!

All right, finals are over yeah!! Now I have a month off to get to work on creating new home decor ideas to share to you for your home! I've got some great ones coming up. It's Christmas time now and that's the season for giving and in my book the season to be creative! I'll post my first project this week, but first I have some antique and yard sale shopping to do to find that perfect piece I'm missing! Wish me luck and I'll see you back here in a few!

Thanksgiving and Finals

Hey everyone, I will be super busy these next two weeks with the holidays and finals for school. I'll have some new project updates after that though. Lots of things to do in December!!!! Look for my next post! Also if you guys haven't yet, hit my link to follow me so you can keep updated when I post something new! Thanks to all my loyal followers and viewers, I enjoy posting my projects and ideas for you guys to recreate or just get inspired by! Everyone in the states have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!

CLOTHES!!

Okay so I normally don't post about clothes but I'm in love with my outfit today and had to share it! It's  a simple blue and white striped dress with a pair of grey boots and a grey cover up. I also added a black belt! Seriously cheap I ran across the same stuff at a yard sale the other day so you can have this outfit or something very similar for cheap!! 

Letter to Santa/Письма Санта/Litreacha chuig Santa/Lettre au Père Noël

Okay all you moms and dads, aunts and uncles and kids yourself, it is almost the season of Christmas and writing Santa letters. Today my three year old asked me to write Santa a letter with her choice of gifts she wants. So of course we spend the morning doing so and addressing our letter to Santa. Now, I use to live in Alaska and in the North Pole (an actual town) there is a place called the Santa Claus house that has reindeer and a sleigh and all the Christmas joy! On the walls are letters from all around the world from kids who have written to Santa Claus. If you send your child's letter there must be done so by December 10th, they will write you back and it will be post marked North Pole and all the Christmas fun for you little ones. So here is the address, hope you all have fun thinking of what you want Santa to bring you if your on his Nice list!

Santa Claus
1 Santa Claus Lane
North Pole, AK 99705-9901

Side note if you have a ton of letters or Christmas cards to send out, and you want them to be post marked from the North Pole, you can do so by sending them all in a large envelope to this address below. Again must be done so by December 10th!

NORTH POLE HOLIDAY POSTMARK
POSTMASTER
4141 POSTMARK DR
ANCHORAGE AK 99530-9998

Also those of you that prefer email there is a cute site I used last year for my daughter just go to www.portablenorthpole.tv

Hogwarts

Well today was my pintrest craft day. We found crafts on pintrest and food and came together to make tgem and have lots of fun. I made a Christmas Wreath. It was so.easy. Just a foam wreath, red and white yarn and some sparkly holly and a letter F.  It cost only about 10 bucks to make. Heres some pics from the day.
There are also pics of my friends wreaths (one is the hogwarts colors) and other crafts. The one in the frame is made from paint samples taken from Lowes lol. The frame was .75 cents so cheap.easy and super cutez have fun. Post your pics if you have any craft ideas of your own.

Trick or Treat

We are out having fun. Kaelyn is Twilight Sparkle from my little pony and Aria ended up being a fairy, its cold lol.

Here's the pics!
Sorry they are side ways I'll fix when I get back from Trick or Treating. Joys of a cell phone update hehe!

Everyone have a safe and Happy Halloween!

Candle holders

Okay so finally got around to the old candle holder project. Here I had two old black candle holders that I hated and decided to repurpose them. I took antique acrylic paint and painted it then took a piece of sand paper and sanded it down getting the cornors and edges good so it looks old and faded and then took pictures I liked and cut them the size of the candle spot and place it in there real snug. That was it. I hung it on my wall and I love it. Seriously took me like 20 mins in all. Heres the pics!

Sorry my pictures are not very good. I'm hopefully get a new camera for Christmas and they will look a lot better!!

Glued!

Okay so I tired super glue, hot glue gun and ribbon to.make my horn and ears stick to the head band. Did not work! So I had to use more modeling clay to wrap it around the headband. Not the best but it works and my fingers are tired of being glued together. So FINALLY! Here is a pic of the headabnd its still drying but at least its staying. 

Fall

Well, I decided to decorate my mantle with fall decorations. I took twine and old wine bottles and a serving tray. Then fake flowers and weeds for my fillers and there we have it a cheap and easy way to give your sitting room a fall feel when sitting in front of the cozy fireplace. I also like pops of color so I used purple and splashes of yellow and orange as well as red, mostly fall colors but the purple and white make it more elegant.

Unicorn

Okay, so I made the horn and the ears.
Pretty easy actually. I bought Air Dry clay from Crayola and made two long horn shaped clay models and then twisted them around each other. I then added purple glitter. The clay was $3.97, & the glitter was $1.00 at Wal-mart. Then I made two ear shapes and they just air dry for 24 hours and they are hard. Next ill hot glue them to a purple head band for her to wear. The costume is coming together. Ill post pics when its all.done, and remeber this was all super cheap to make and she'll be able to play with is long after Halloween is over.

Flying Purple People Eater!

Okay so got the stuff for my daughter my little pony twilight sparkle costume. Do you know how hard it is to.find purples that MATCH! So hard! I had to search everywhere and I just couldnt do it so I matched them as well as I could. So I have finished painting the twilight sparkle design on the pants and made hoofs for her ands out of purple socks. I just cut a hole for the thumb. its starting to come together. My next goal is to.make.the unicorn horn and ears. Wish me luck.
Oh I applied glow and the dark paint to her design too so now its extra special for her when she's out trick or treating in the dark.

Shopping day!

Well today im going shopping for my daughters halloween costume stuff. I know little late but I have been down with the flu. Ill be getting myself back into gear here quickly. Okay ill post pics when its all done!

DONE!!

Another set of classes done! Yeah! Now I'm now to my last couple ones this end of the semester and all I have left is my Practicum and Internship! Wish me luck! It's been a long journey to here and I'm ready for it to be over.

However, the end of a full class load also means more time for me to do some projects. I have A LOT in mind so hopefully I can get to them soon and show you my pictures. I'll be updating soon so look for my new post! How to reuse old Candlelight holders that you have no use for anymore! This also means time for fall decorations and "Vigil of Samhain" or All Hollows Eve.

Have a Great October Everyone!!!!!!!

I'll also be posting my kids costumes that I'm making. Twilight Sparkle and her side kick Spike, if you know my Little Pony you'll understand! 

Craft Day

This morning was a rainy day so not much we could do outside. So we decided to make crafts. I made a sensory bottle for my 10 month old and with my three year old we made hand turkeys and popcicle stick people.

Sensory bottle.
All little babies (well at least mine) love to play with an empty plastic bottle. We took bead from an old necklace, then some old popouri red and brown pieces. Some old buttons and whatever else that makes noise. I also added red glitter. Then I filled the bottle with water (please fill all the way up) and hot glued the lid shut. The water got colored from the glitter and popouri. She loves the noise it makes when she shakes it and lives watching the pieces fall back and forth.

Turkey and stick people.
For this I just traced my daughters hand on a piece of cardboard and we hot glued feather for the hair and two pieces of necklace doe the eyes and then drew on a mouth and nose. Then she wanted them to.waet a necklace so we hot glued on a wrap around piece of the old plastic beaded necklace I cut up. There we go and she has been entertained for hours!

Russian Tea Cakes

Bubba' brought this reciepe from Lithuania, heres to sharing!
This reciepe makes 50....normally these are for christmas but a special occassion like my cousins bridal shower is a special time.

1-1/3 cups and 1 tablespoon butter
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup and 1 teaspoon confectioners sugar
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 cuos chopped walnuts
1/3 cup and 2 tablespoons confectioners sugar for decoration
Cream butter and vanilla then add c. Sugar and flour. Blend.  Add walnuts.Then roll into one inch balls bake 12 mins then add sugar for decoration.



Reciepe on allreciepe.com

French toast sandwhich

Okay guys so here is my recipe number one for the bridal shower tomorrow.
French Toast Sandwhich
Okay take sourdough english muffins. Drege them in eggs, vanilla extract, cinnimon, and nutmeg (to your taste).
Mix it all together then put it in the oven on a greased pan on 375°F or 190° C for 10 mins.
Then when they are golden brown put cream cheese on it and I used banana slices but fruit topping is your choice.
Thats it, easy and yummy. Enjoy!

Potato soup!

So of course I am always wrong and apparently know nothing....my stubborn husband decided to till up my garden today...because he was being nice and helping me out....(wrong). I said wait my carrots and potatoes and winter onions are still growing. He told me no, they are done I know they are. So he started pulling up my potato plants and little potatos where falling off. I said see they are still growing, he told me they dont get as big as they would be in a store and they wont be any good anyway. So then he proceeded to try to tell me my carrots were not growing either. So I made him dig one up and sure enough, they were! So now I have decided to prove him wrong. I made potato soup with my baby potatoes and had him come try it....he loved it and then I told him where the potatoes came from.
This ladies and gentlemen just goes to show...i do know what im talking about sometimes, and your wife is always right ;)  !

Red Boots!

Well I just realized I did not let you see any of my pictures from my trip! Here are a few, enjoy! Also the last two are of my sister in her 1900s wedding dress and a pic of me at her wedding in my red cowboy boots!!

 On the way there!!

 Me and my big sis!

 Me and my dad!

 At the rodeo!

 My sis in her wedding dress!

Me and my red boots at the wedding!

Finally Over!!/Наконец над/Mar fhocal scoir breis is

фу, finals are finally over!! I have a week off school then back to class and back to interning at the secondary school. Well while I have my week off I will be working on long over due projects. My first project to work on is my barn door and lumber wall for my bedroom. This project will prob. take me a few days so I'll be sending up dates on the project till the final finish. I'm excited though!!! I have it pictured perfect in my mind, lets hope it comes out that way.
August is going to be a busy month for me, my three year old starts PreK and I'll be back to school and my cousin is getting married and I am a bridesmaid. So I will be busy busy but I hope to stay up on my projects as well so you lot will have things to look at and maybe try yourself. I also will be posting pictures of the food I am making for my cousins bridal shower! Yummm!!! I'll let you have the recipe too so you can try it yourself, you'll thank me! Well off to my projects!! Bi'odh la' maith. 

Home Again

Hello Everyone, Well I had a wonderful time spent with my family. I also founds some wonderful ideas for some new projects. This week is my finals in my master classes so I will be busy but then I have a week off and I plan on getting started on some good projects so look for those!! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend as well. 

On the Road Again....

I am traveling this week to the good Ole' cowboy country of Wyoming for my sister's pre-wedding adventure! While I'm there I'm hoping to find some inspirations for some new projects. Wish me luck and I'll be back in a week!! All my love my fellow nature lovers and DIYers! Keep up your home projects and let me know how they are going!!
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Bloodly Deadly!

So I fifnshed up the mud room. I love the look. I still have the rest of the front door to stain dark brown and to create an awesome light fixture but as far as decoration and the over spray and paint yeah! Is all I have to say.
Oh so I forgot to tell you about the decor items haha. Okay so the lamp in the corner found it in a garage sell, 2 bucks, the shade also a garage sale like .50c The chair a yard sale 5 pounds. The trivets on the wall a collection of three from willow house 39.00 pounds the painting I did myself. The wine bottle carrier 1 dollar at a yard sale. The wine bottle in the weave 5 dollars at the local farm store and the candles I got in Alaska at a Walmart years ago but im sure they are cheap. The oil lamp also a willowhouse product and the key holder I found in an old farm house so free. So I just decorated my whole room for under 100 pounds and I love it!

Textured doors

Hey guys, here are my doors to.my cabinet before and after. I love them! They really feel like stone. The paints still drying so, they are not as dark as they will be yet but you will get the idea. This is that textured stone spray paint from Wal-mart.